Also, in the first tutorial link you posted thats on the Polycount wiki, they reccomend putting everything into one smoothing group! Which is what I did too, but the guy in the tutorial sheet didn't end up with those same stupid shading artifacts :( Oh can you please expand on the black seam issue further? I split up the…
all you have to go through is this tutorial. http://wiki.polycount.com/3DTutorials/Modeling%20High-Low%20Poly%20Models%20for%20Next%20Gen%20Games?action=show&redirect=3D_Tutorials%2FModeling_High-Low_Poly_Models_for_Next_Gen_Games and please a request dont ruin this Beast APC from Aliens i may kill my self :D .